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The main force of the Sikkim Navy on the island of Dazhu has moved north and east, on the one hand, it has expanded the scope of surveillance, and on the other hand, it is constantly engaged in skirmishes and tests with the Imperial Nanyang Navy based in East Samoa, and at the same time, it is also threatening the coastal area from the Boma Mountains to East Samoa, so that the Imperial [***] team has to maintain a certain pressure. Expanding the scope of surveillance www.biquge.info certainly effective in preventing the sneak attack of the Imperial Navy, but the Sikkim Navy's ability to monitor its flanks and rear has been greatly weakened, but in the current situation, the closest base to the waters of Sikkim controlled by the Empire is Princes Island, which is also too far away from Sikkim, and it is purely a suicide to attack from there.

And now the appearance of the secret base of Golden Crown Island has upset this balance, and it is not far from Golden Crown Island to the southern part of Sikkim, as long as it can escape the eyes and ears of Sikkim patrol ships on the island of Dacho, the empire can launch an unprecedented landing raid in southern Sikkim.

In order to avoid the discovery of the Sikkim Navy on Dazhu Island, Qu Bo finally chose the more dangerous one of the two routes, from the sea route west of Dazhu Island to the south of Sikkim, so that although it would detour nearly 100 nautical miles, it could avoid the Sikkim Navy patrol on Dazhu Island to the greatest extent, making the probability of success higher, of course, at the cost of this landing force having to stay at sea for an extra day.

"Ship spotted ahead!" The lookout post immediately sent out a warning signal, and the naval warships in front of this huge fleet immediately began to prepare for combat, and found that the enemy ships did not have anything, and the small patrol ships were no threat to the fleet protected by the escort fleet, and the escort fleet could easily eliminate the other party, but the most worrying thing was that if the other side's patrol ships escaped and returned to report the news, although the main force of the Sikkim Navy had moved north to the Sikkim Strait and the coastal area, if Sikkim obtained this news, it would also greatly reduce the surprise of this landing attack, and it would also affect the effect of this battle, so Liang Chongxin's request to the navy was to find that the ships would all be sunk, not to divulge this landing operation of the Empire, along the way, the escort fleet has sunk three Sikkim fishing boats.

There was another encirclement attack, and the people on the fishing boats had not even had time to react, they had already been sunk by rockets and trebuchets on the escort fleet, and there was no suspense in this battle of great strength and weakness.

The fleet has been advancing northward like this, and it has been five days, and it should be close to the target, Qu Bo did not deliberately understand the situation of the naval fleet and the transport fleet, he believed that the other party should be more anxious and nervous than himself.

"Your Excellency, the Navy's Pioneer ship has signaled that they have discovered land and are estimated to be at their destination in five hours, and they want us to prepare for landing. Perhaps it was because he had waited for the news for too long, and the chief of staff's words became a little trembling, and the blue-faced chief of staff obviously couldn't adapt to this long time of sea turbulence, and even his eyes sank.

"Don't be in a hurry, there are still five hours left, order the brothers to start preparing two hours in advance, according to the plan, the first and second wings will play forward, and we will be stationed in Jaffna City tonight!"

Dromo stared blankly at the black and oppressive large fleet in front of him, he was a relatively diligent fisherman, this scene in front of him made him can't believe his eyes, didn't it mean that there was a war in the east, and those military ships on Osaku Island had already gone there? Why did such a large fleet appear here, and these ships seemed to be a little different from the ships on his side.

The fishermen next to them were stunned as they watched the approaching fleet, arguing about where the fleets came from, some saying that it was a new naval fleet on the island of Osumi, and some were saying that it was a merchant fleet from the Latin Ocean to the west, but either one seemed to be a little unreasonable, but fortunately none of these things had anything to do with him, and Dromo didn't care.

After receiving the news, two patrol boats sailed out of Jaffna Harbor and headed straight for the black and oppressive fleet, apparently Jaffna's remaining navy did not realize that this was an enemy attack, and after getting the news from the fishermen, they were not only surprised, but they just wanted to find out if the fishermen had seen a mirage, but they had no news from them.

At this time, no one could change the situation, the Tang Army's naval escort fleet brazenly rushed into the port of Jaffna, the panicked Sikkim Navy could not stop the Tang Army's powerful escort fleet at all, and the Sikkim Navy, which left only a few patrol ships, except for the futile counterattack and struggle, almost did not have any bright spots worth seeing, and no one thought that the Tang Army would pounce from the boundless Latin Ocean in the west, and the Navy on Dashu Island did not even find it.

Marine Corps "Dragon Scales" The assault team rushed down from the fast assault boat that was quickly plugged in, and the Tang army that created chaos on the dock cooperated with the fire everywhere to attract attention, and the Jaffna garrison, which only had a garrison of 3,000 people, had not had time to make a correct response, the dragon scale commando of the Tang army had firmly controlled the dock, and the naval escort fleet began to expand to the two wings to give way to the berth, and the Jaffna garrison that reacted also began to attack the dock, trying to sabotage the landing plan of the Tang army, at this time the intention of the Tang army was already very obvious, once the dock was lost, Jaffna City and even the entire Sikkim Island would fall into an unimaginable dangerous situation。

The dragon scale commandos quickly built a simple but stubborn defense line with the help of their own meticulous work, the good terrain of the dock made it impossible for the enemy garrison to deploy all of them, and the strong combat effectiveness of the dragon scale commandos also ensured that those garrisons who had just reacted could not break through in a short period of time.

As a large transport ship began to dock, a brigade of Tang soldiers began to disembark and land in full armor, the first wing of a charge completely defeated Jaffna's garrison, although the Tang soldiers experienced five days of torture, but the firm will and iron discipline cast their steel-like combat effectiveness, compared to Jaffna's garrison in this dazed situation can do this step is commendable, in the face of the roaring Tang army's main force, their only way out is to disarm and surrender。

On October 28, 700 in the mainland Gregorian calendar, just as the rainy season was about to end, the Tang Army finally set off the most gorgeous battle of the Second Southwest Campaign, the first division of the first army of the Tang Army set off from the isolated Golden Crown Island and went north through the Latin Ocean, avoiding the monitoring of the Sikkim Navy on Dazhu Island, and forcibly landed in Jaffna Port, an important port in the southwest of Sikkim Island, and the 3,000 garrison of Jaffna Port was annihilated, and the city of Jaffna fell.

The Tang army, which landed in the south of Sikkim, launched a full-scale offensive non-stop, and in one day and one night, the three wings marched along the eastern coast of Sikkim for 80 miles to capture the important town of Ticaloe on the east coast of Sikkim, of course, thanks to the good road system with Sikkim, and the two wings on the west road crossed the central part of Sikkim and conquered the Kandy Pass, an important commanding height in the middle of Sikkim.

After defeating the small garrison of the Sikkim army along the road, the two armies approached Sikkim on November 1, and it was only then that the high-ranking officials of the Republic of Sikkim realized that the whole city of Sikkim was in chaos. On November 2, the Republic Guard, which was responsible for guarding the city of Sikkim, fought a fateful battle with the 1st Division of the 1st Army of the Tang Army outside the city of Sikkim, and the battle lasted from noon to the end of the day, the Republican Guard was completely annihilated, and the last armed force of Sikkim itself was annihilated.

Except for some high-ranking officials of Sikkim who fled to Nam Ann and Western Samoa, the Tang Army took control of the entire city of Sikkim and ordered the reigning Assembly of the Republic of Sikkim to immediately convene an emergency meeting and issue an armistice order. On 5 November, the order of the Assembly of the Republic of Sikkim to withdraw troops from the war was transmitted to Manuel, the commander of the Sikkim army in Nam An, who refused to accept the order but was imprisoned by his deputy, Delamak, who took over the military and announced that he accepted the parliamentary order and ordered the Sikkim army to withdraw from the fortresses of Boma Hill and Kuruk.

The defection of the Sikkim army directly led to the collapse of the defense system of the Kuruk fortress, and the Nan'an army, which was already under great pressure, could not support the fierce attack of the two corps of the Tang army, if it were not for the reinforcement of the Sikkim mercenaries, the Kuruk fortress would have collapsed long ago, and this act of Sikkim undoubtedly announced the fate of the Kuruk fortress.

On November 8, the Nan'an Army stationed in the Kuruk Fortress surrendered to the Tang Army under the fortress, and the Kuruk Fortress raised the Tang Army's Jinpeng Banner. The situation at the Boma Mountain Fortress was similar, after the Sikkim Army announced the withdrawal, the Western Samoan Army at the Boma Mountain Fortress also took the initiative to retreat, and the Nan'an Army, which had lost its two pillars, was forced to retreat, and the Tiger Guard Army captured the Poma Mountain Fortress on November 9.

On November 12, the Tiger Guard Regiment took the lead in entering Nan'an Port, the seat of the Nan'an City-State Council, and on the 14th, a division of the Fourth Army Corps of the Tang Army arrived in Nan'an Town, and at this time, the Peninsula Alliance Army, which had already learned the news, had already fully retreated from Soketu and retreated into the territory of the Principality of Seychelles of the Peninsula Alliance, and the Tang Army also reoccupied the long-lost Soketu City on November 13.

On November 18, the Assembly of the Western Samoa City Republic sent a special envoy to Eastern Samoa, hoping to negotiate with Liang Chongxin, the supreme commander of the Tang Army stationed in the peninsula, on the issue of the administrative system and fate of the Western Samoa City Republic, but Liang Chongxin refused on the grounds that he was a soldier and had no right to intervene in foreign affairs and government affairs, and at the same time wanted the West Samoa special envoy to send a message demanding an immediate and unconditional truce in Western Samoa and accept the occupation of the Tang Army.

(To be continued)